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ANTONIO Y. DE JESUS, SR., ANATOLIO A. ANG and MARTINA S. APIGO, Petitioners, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN-FOURTH DIVISION and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

Antonio Y. De Jesus, Sr., et al. vs. Sandiganbayan-Fourth Division and People of the Philippines

G.R. No. 182539-40 | 2011-02-23




SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


ABAD, J.:


These are criminal cases involving a simulated bidding/canvassing in favor of the municipal mayor's son.


The Facts and the Case


The Office of the Ombudsman charged the accused public officers Antonio Y. de Jesus, Sr. (De Jesus, Sr.), Mayor of Anahawan, Southern Leyte, Anatolio A. Ang (Ang), his Vice-Mayor, and Martina S. Apigo (Apigo), the Treasurer, of falsification of public document before the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case 26764 and all three, along with Antonio de Jesus, Jr. (De Jesus, Jr.), the mayor's son, of violation of Republic Act (R.A.) 3019 before the same court in Criminal Case 26766.1


The...